Tucker Carlson says it is immoral to criticize White Supremacists.

[MR.CLEAN]

He needs to be held to account for what his words will incite.

The 1st amendment means that has to happen through tort law (libel, civil fraud, etc.)

All his targets just need to sue him and not stop suing him. Forum shop like the republicans do. Fundraise off the lawsuits like Margie three toes and Gym and the rest. Fun!

 

[Ishmael]

The 1st amendment means that has to happen through tort law (libel, civil fraud, etc.)

All his targets just need to sue him and not stop suing him. Forum shop like the republicans do. Fundraise off the lawsuits like Margie three toes and Gym and the rest. Fun!

Sue him, and sue Fox as accessories. Over and over and over.

 

[Sol Rosenberg]

Sue him, and sue Fox as accessories. Over and over and over.

Yes. That is how to get bullshitters to stop bullshitting. Drag them into the room where they have to swear-in, and force feed their bullshit to them every time they do it.

 

[Fakenews]

You are all blaming one guy?

Do you really think they just scrub him up, sit him in front of the camera and say 'Action'?

This is planned to the letter, he is a talking head. Blaming him means that he can be removed at any time as a scape-goat and the people directing are not harmed.

He can’t be removed at any time. Ratings would crash. Fox knows what they’re doing in letting him continue but everything I’ve read is that he has complete editorial control.

 

[Great Red Shark]

and watch them shirk all responsibility by saying the magic words:

"Oh, that's just a CHARACTER that I play, to entertain the Rubes."

 

[Mark_K]

The Tucker Defense of "no rational person would believe this shit" has been proven effective in court, making him repeatedly use it would be fun anyway.

 

[Goodvibes]

I don't think anyone is "blaming one guy".

He does have a significant platform and audience. So, the words he uses can do far more damage than most. He needs to be held to account for what his words will incite.

Let me put it another way. Even though he read from the script, are they really "his words"?

 

[giegs]

The Tucker Defense of "no rational person would believe this shit" has been proven effective in court, making him repeatedly use it would be fun anyway.

There's a ton of examples of people responding to his tripe with real world consequences, so I'm not sure that defense is as viable as it used to be.

 

[Sol Rosenberg]

And fuck Tucker Carlson for regularly throating Putin to the nutline.

 

[d'ranger]

The Tucker Defense of "no rational person would believe this shit" has been proven effective in court, making him repeatedly use it would be fun anyway.

If that scrolled at the bottom of his every show I know people who would ignore it because they think "he tells it like it is". Once they tell me they watch him we either don't discuss politics or we don't talk anymore.

 

[Goodvibes]

The Stolen Election thing.

Listened to a podcast recently where cults repeatedly passed the doomsday day and nothing happened. One was a small US cult that predicted flying saucers were coming to take just them away. Time and time again they waited.

Many just invented reasons for it and reset the date. Denial of the facts has no limits it seems. So inventing theft for losing an election seems a small step.

 

[Cal20sailor]

What causes a person to promote hate speak just to make $$? The better question is what prompts idiots to listen and echo the same blatant bullshit? Ignorance? Culpability?

 

[SloopJonB]

Fuck Tucker Carlson. It is one of life’s great ironies that it always seems to be the lowest white pieces of shit espousing supremacy bullshit, never one of the decent, intelligent, thoughtful people.

HEY!

That's not fair.

 

[Bus Driver]

Let me put it another way. Even though he read from the script, are they really "his words"?

If he says it, he owns it.

 

[Goodvibes]

If he says it, he owns it.

He is an actor and a good one because you believe it's real.

He is given the script to read and the role to play. The airtime is too valuable for ad-libing. He will be a fall guy one day while the movie producers take the money and move on.

But some people get confused and think that Tom Cruise really was a fighter pilot.

 

[Bus Driver]

He is an actor and a good one because you believe it's real.

He is given the script to read and the role to play. The airtime is too valuable for ad-libing. He will be a fall guy one day while the movie producers take the money and move on.

But some people get confused and think that Tom Cruise really was a fighter pilot.

I have no idea why you are of the opinion I think "it's real". Well, other than the fact that Tucker says this shit is "real".

I doubt a court will agree with your excuse.

 

[beercanned]

is it ok to drag his ass into a dark alley and beat some sense into him?

He's got plenty sense. He's as smart as a whip and he's an incredibly talented actor.

It's all a show, and it's designed to get you all emotional.

 

[Ishmael]

He's got plenty sense. He's as smart as a whip and he's an incredibly talented actor.

It's all a show, and it's designed to get you all emotional.

I'm not sure being as smart as a long piece of leather is a compliment.

 

[beercanned]

I'm not sure being as smart as a long piece of leather is a compliment.

Is this metaphor anarchy, or not?

 

[Goodvibes]

I have no idea why you are of the opinion I think "it's real". Well, other than the fact that Tucker says this shit is "real".

I doubt a court will agree with your excuse.

I have that idea because you think this is Tucker Carlson doing this. He . is . an actor. But you blame him! Think about it, he has got you by the nuts and laughing that he has been so convincing!

If he didn't take the gig, they would get someone else! This is a soap opera, designed to sell soap and pillows. It is only so dangerous because some people think it is real life!

And here we are on a forum, talking about what someone did or said in that fucking soap opera? FFS YCMTSU!